Water and wind engine.



. O. REES. WATER AND WIND ENGINE. APPLICATION FILED DEG.1Z, 1912.

Patented May 12, 1914.

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ONESIMUS REES, OF ROSWELL, NEW MEXICO.

WATER AND WIND ENGINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 12, 1914.

Continuation of application Serial No. 704,209, filed June 17, 1912. This application filed December 12,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ONESIMUS Bans, a citizen of the United States, residing at Roswell, in the county of Chaves and State of New Mexico, have invented a new and useful Water and Wind Engine, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has reference to improvements in water and wind engines, and its ob, ject is to produce a structure responsive to currents of water or air, which structure shall be efficient in operation and at the same time be producible at low cost.

While the present invention is operable either as a wind engine or a water wheel, the description of the invention will be confined to its use as a water Wheel for the purposes of simplicity of description, without, however, atall confining the use of the invention to such motive fluid.

In accordance with the present invention a vaned wheel is provided, the vanes preferably curving, although not necessarily so, and the axis of this rotor may be set either vertically or horizontally or at any suitable angle which may bedesired, so that the vanes may be engaged by the flowing water in a manner to act upon the vanes upon one side of the axis of rotation, while to a marked extent inert to the vanes on the other side of the axis of rotation. To accom'plish this shields are carried by the structure and so disposed as to lie on opposite sides of the axis of rotation, and these shields are preferably curved each on an arc struck from the axis of rotation. The shields are carried by supporting arms and are so disposed as to cover each approximately a quadrant, so that there are oppositely disposed quadrantal open spaces for the inflow and escape of water acting upon the blades or vanes of the rotor. The shields are under the control of a governor operating after the manner of the tail of a wind wheel to hold the structure in proper relation to the oncoming or stopped and interference from overlying water avoided.

. The invention will be. best understood- Serial No. 736,434.

from a consideration of the following detailed description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings forming a partoftliis specification, with the further understanding that while the drawings show a practical embodiment of the i vention, it is susceptible of other practical embodiments, wherefore the invention is not confined to any strict conformity with the showing of the drawings, but may be changed and 1uodi fied so long as such changes and n1o lifications mark no material departure from the salient features of the invention.

In the drawings :-Figure 1 is a plan view of the structure with the rotor shaft in cross section and showing the parts in operative being understood that the device of the pres ent invention is designed to be immersed in a stream of water either wholly or partially, or in the case of a wind wheel. to be mounted in a suitably elevated position where air currents may act upon it.

Fast to the shaft 1 there is a hub?) from which extend vanes or blades 6 shown in the drawings as four in number and equidistantly disposed about the hub, but the invention is not confined to any particular number of blades. In the drawings the blades are shown as curving outwardly and away from the direction of rotation, but this arrangement is not obligatory. At opposite ends of the hub 5 there are spiders 7, 8, respectively, the spider 7 being in the particular structure illustrated shown as mounted to rotate on a. sleeve 7 on the end of one of the bars at while the arms of the spider S are shown 'as mounted to rotate on a sleeve 8 carried by the other bar 4. The shaft 1 extends through both sleeves from the step hearing 3 to the bearing 2 and beyond the latter.

In the structure shown the arms of-the spiders 7 and 8 radiate from the axis of the Fig. 3 is a section on theshaft in ninety degree relation, and connected to the outer ends of the arms are curved shields 9, 1O concentric with the axis of rotation of the shaft 1 and each includ ing an arc of about ninety degrees struck from the axis of rotation. The radius of each shield 9 and 10 is such that the blades 6 may rotate between the shields in. quite close relation thereto, but Without actually touching them, and these shields being on opposite sides of the axis of rotation leave 1 corresponding spaces on the unoccupied sides. One edge of the shield 10 is provided with a tangent prolongation 11 parallel with the arms ofthe spiders T and 8 carrying the adjacent edge of the shield 9,

and the prolongation l]. of such length that a tangent prolongation of the adjacent edge of the shield close relation thereto in a direction substan tially perpendicular to the prolongation ll. Mounted rotatably on the sleeve 7 above the spider 7 and on the sleeve 8 below the spider 8 are arms 12 supporting a cover member 13 of approximately semicircular contour in overlying relation to the rotor made up of the blades 6, and this cover member 13 is provided. with a marginal shield concentric with the shield 10 eX- terior thereto and having an extent circumferentially of about ninety degrees, or enough to span the open space between tl(l-' jacent edges of the shields 9 and 10 re mote from the space in part closed by the prolongation 11. While the shield 14: which may be termed a supplemental shield is of but about ninety degrees circumferential extent, the cover member '13 has a circumferential extent of about'one hundred and eighty degrees.

The shaft 1 is designed to transmit power, wherefore it is provided with a pinion 15 or other suitable means for the purpose. In order to keep the structure in proper relation to a stream a blade or governor 16 is attached along the line oi one of the arms of the spider 8 and may extend from near the sleeve 8 radially outward beyond the end of the spider arm for an appropriate distance. As shown, the blade orgovernor is below the spider 8 in the space between the same and the lower bar 4.

Let it be assumed that the structure is properly installed in a stream of water of suitable depth and force, the bars 4 providing a support without the necessity of building retaining walls or sluices or gates and special supporting structures being needed only in larger sizes of the device. The blade or governor 1-6 will respond to the flow of the stream to keep the device in proper relation thereto, so that the blade or governor stands nearly in line with the dew of the stream. New, flowing water will pass through the structure by way of of the 9 would approach into the side toward which the forward end of the shield 9 1s presented and meeting the blades 6 will propel the same causing rotation of the shaft 1. The water is constrained by the inner surface of the shield J to move laterally of the device with respect to the general direction of the flow of water in the stream, until it finds escape past what may be termed the rear edge of the shield, this being the edge adjacent the blade or governor l6 flow out of the space between the rear edge shield The extension 11 acts in the nature of a deflector 0r controller. d' ater striking the shield 9 tends to rotate the shield holding; spiders which need not be made fast to any fixed object, but this tendency is resisted both .by the governor and by the prolongation 11. Under the 7 represented in 1 1' g. 1, the cover 13 is in over lying relation to the segmentdefined by the shield 10 and the space between-the spider arms above the governor 16 and the prolongation 11, so that with the device immersed completely in. the water the flowing stream above the device does not interfere with the proper movement of the rotor, which where surmounted by the cover 13 is moving contrary to the direction of fiou of the stream. Suppose, now, it bedesired to stop the rotor, it is then only necessary to more the cover member to bring the shield 14C into the path of the stream moving toward the active side of the rotor, so that the stream cut oil from access to the active side of the rotor and the latter will not turn. To A y necessary to return the cover member to the position shown in Fig. 1- and the flowing, stream will at once act upon the rotor to set it in motion. The blade or governor 16 will maintain the structure always in proper relation to the running stream even though the direction of the current fluctuates, since the rotor ,or

running conditions which are governor tends at .alltimes to dlrect the'recelvmg end of the start the rotor, it is simplv the shaft be placed vertically, but it may be placed horizontally and t e rotor may be acted upon either as an over shot or an under shot wheel.

When the device is used as a wind engine, it requires no material change except that under such circumstancea'it is. customary take the power'fromthe was end. of the i so . other respects due to the different element in which it is employed. Where large power is desired, multiple arrangements may be employed, -without .any necessity of any change in the principles of the invention.

This application is a continuation of application N o. 7 04,209, filed by me on June 17, 1912, for water and wind engine.

What is claimed is 1. In a fluid motor, a rotor having vanes responsive to the action of a flowing stream of fluid, a casing consisting solely of diametrically opposite connected curved shields each including an arc of substantially ninety degrees and separated at their adjacent edges by distances corresponding to chords: of arcs of substantially ninety degrees and defining diametrically opposite inlet and out-let passages, and a governor blade carried by the casing wholly beneath the cas ing and out of the path of a stream of fluid passing through the casing.

2. In a fluid motor, a rotor having vanes responsive to the action of a flowing stream of fluid, a casing consisting solely of diametrically opposite connected curved shields each including an arc of substantially ninety degrees and separated at their adjacent edges by distances correspondingto chords of arcs of substantially ninety degrees and defining diametrically opposite inlet and outlet passages, and a governor blade carried by the casing wholly beneath the casing and out of the path of a stream of fluid passing through the casing, said motor being provided with a cover member including an arc of substantially one hundred and eighty degrees and mounted for rotation about the axis of the rotor independently of the casing, said cover member carrying a shield concentric with the casing and of a circumferential length to close the inlet to the casing when moved across the same.

'3. In a fluid motor, a rotor having vanes responsive to the action .of a flowing stream of fluid, a casing consisting solely of diametrically opposite connected curved shields concentric with the rotor and separated at their adjacent edges by spaces defining inlet and outlet openings for the casing, a governor blade carried by the casing wholly below said casing and arranged to hold the casing with one shield in advance of the other to present the convex side of the forward shield toward the on-coming stream and the concave side of the other init-he path of the on-coming stream, and a member constituting a tangential prolongation of the rear edge of the front shield.

4:. In a fluid motor, a rotor having vanes v responsive to the action of a flowing stream of fluid, a casing consisting solely of dia-.

metrically opposite connected curvedvshields concentric with the rotor and separated at their adjacent edges by spaces defining inlet and outlet openings for the casing, a governor blade carried'by the casing wholly below said casing and arranged to hold the casing with one shield in advance of the other to present the convex side of the forward shield toward the on-coming stream and the concave s ide of the other shield in the path of the on-comingstream, and a member constituting a tangential prolongation of the rear edge of the front shield,

said motor being provided with a cover .member of a size to overlie approximately.

one-half of the rotor and mounted for move- 'ment about the axis of the rotor independ- ONESIMUS REES.

Witnesses I ALBERT S. TRUBE, i IRA P. WETMORE.

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